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Noun: family Spirochaetaceae
  1. Large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters
    - Spirochaetaceae

Type of: bacteria family

Part of: order Spirochaetales, Spirochaetales

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family Sparidae
family Sphaeriaceae
family Sphaerobolaceae
family Sphaerocarpaceae
family Sphecidae
family Spheniscidae
family Sphingidae
family Sphyraenidae
family Sphyrnidae
family Spirillaceae
family Spirochaetaceae
family Spirulidae
family Squalidae
family Squatinidae
family Squillidae
family Staphylaceae
family Staphylinidae
family Steatornithidae
family Stenopelmatidae
family Stercorariidae
family Sterculiaceae